*Yummay*.Īnd isn't it just such Western snobbery to refuse food and get all crampy about your diet? I mean, you don't see Kenyan running champion Samuel Wanjiru following a special diet. unless they're organic, in which case they're fertilized with feces. I mean, his whole claim that eating cows and chickens is bad because the animals are injected with hormones and antibiotics? Well, dude, you're probably right, but let's not forget that your prized vegetables are doused in pesticides. Though Jerker never gets too douchebaggy about his diet, he does get irritating. And while I do buy into Jurek's plant-based diet thing, it's really not going to stand between me and my weekly cheeseburger. I don't really care about a book that's nothing more than an ongoing list of Jurek's trail-running triumphs, broken up by the occasionally interesting vegan recipe. But you'll need the willpower of an ultra marathoner to get through this one.and getting the to last page will probably feel like crossing the finish line in a 100-mile ultra, too. He's a great runner and he just seems like a really nice guy. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.'I'm Scott Jurek.

From his Midwestern childhood hunting, fishing, and cooking for his meat-and-potatoes family, to his early beginnings in running (he hated it), to his slow transition to ultrarunning and veganism, to his world-spanning, record-breaking races, Scott's story shows the power of an iron will and blows apart all the stereotypes of what athletes should eat to fuel optimal performance.Ĭhock-full of incredible, on-the-brink stories of endurance and competition, fascinating science, and accessible practical advice - including his own favorite plant-based recipes - Eat and Run will motivate everyone to 'go the distance', whether that means getting out for that first run, expanding your food horizons, or simply exploring the limits of your own potential. In Eat and Run, Scott Jurek opens up about his life and career - as an elite athlete and a vegan - and inspires runners at every level. His accomplishments are nothing short of extraordinary, but that he has achieved all of this on a plant-based diet makes his story all the more so. And he was one of the elite runners who traveled to Mexico to run with the Tarahumara Indians, as profiled in the best seller Born to Run. Recently he set an American record of 165.7 miles in 24 hours - 6 1/2 marathons in one day. Twice he won the Badwater Ultramarathon, a 135-mile 'jaunt' through Death Valley. He won that race seven years in a row, setting a course record along the way. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead of the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile traverse over the old Gold Rush trails of the California Sierra Nevada. For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force - and darling - in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning.

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